关键词: 8-羟基喹啉硫酸盐, 电芬顿工艺, 羟基活性基, 降解, 矿化, Doehlert矩阵, 矿化, 毒性

Abstract: The degradation behavior of 8-hydroxyquinoleine sulfate (8-HQS), a model molecule of quinolines, was studied in an aqueous medium by electro-Fenton process using a carbon felt cathode and a platinum anode. The great oxidation ability of this process is due to a large production of hydroxyl radical (OH) by electrochemically induced Fenton’s reagent (H2O2, Fe2+). Hydroxyl radicals are very powerful oxidizing agents which react on organics up to complete mineralization. A factorial experimental design was used for determining the operating parameters on the degradation of 8-HQS in an aqueous medium. The results showed that the current intensity and the initial concentration of 8-HQS were the main factors that influenced the degradation rate. The decay in concentration of 8-HQS with the electrolysis time shows that the oxidation of 8-HQS follows pseudo-first order kinetics. The absolute rate constant for the oxidation of 8-HQS by OH was determined by using competition kinetics method and found to be 1.62×109 mol^-1·L·s^-1. The optimal experimental parameters for the mineralization of 8-HQS have also been investigated by the use of Doehlert matrix. It has been demonstrated that under the optimal conditions determined by this method, electro-Fenton process can lead to a quasi-complete mineralization (95% of TOC removal) of 8-HQS aqueous solution. The treatment of 8-HQS aqueous solutions leads to the formation of short-chain carboxylic acids as end-products before mineralization. Their evolution during electro-Fenton treatment was studied. The follow-up of the solution toxicity evolution shows the formation of intermediates more toxic than 8-HQS. However, the solution toxicity was totally removed after mineralization of these intermediates.

Key words: 8-HQS, electro-Fenton process, hydroxyl radicals, degradation, Doehlert matrix, mineralization, toxicity